Peacemaker Season 2: James Gunn Shares First Look at Mystery Character

“Who might this be?” is a question DC Studios co-DEO James Gunn posed to Peacemaker fans on Wednesday, while sharing a first look at an unidentified Indigenous character that will figure into Season 2 of the Max original.

Take a look at the full photo below, and weigh in with your theories!

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Peacemaker premiered Jan. 13, 2022, on what was then known as HBO Max, and its freshman finale dropped that Feb. 17. TVLine readers gave the finale and all of Season 1 an average grade of “A.”

Peacemaker was renewed for Season 2 in February 2022, just hours before its freshman finale premiered. Since then, however, Gunn was named co-CEO of DC Studios (alongside producing partner Peter Safran)… he decided to tackle writing and directing his new DCU’s first feature film, Superman… and the timetable for so many things got waylaid by the dual Hollywood strikes of 2023.

Gunn nonetheless wrote all eight episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 and directed some, including the one that introduces MCU vet Frank Grillo (aka Brock Rumlow/Crossbones in multiple Marvel films) as Rick Flag Sr. — the dad of the Suicide Squad films’ late Rick Flag Jr. (who was played by Joel Kinnaman). Greg Mottola (Superbad, The Daytrippers) is confirmed to have directed at least Episodes 2 and 3.

In addition to Grillo, Season 2 additions include David Denman (The Office) in an undisclosed role and Sol Rodriguez (Star Trek: Picard) as Sasha Bordeaux (a Batman ally in the DC comics).

Peacemaker Season 2 was originally in queue to come out after the Viola Davis-led Amanda Waller TV series that was announced in January 2023 as part of Gunn’s new DCU. But a lot has changed since then, as Gunn penned and filmed his Superman film.

Waller still remains in “active development,” while Peacemaker Season 2 is now set to release after Superman hits theaters — meaning, after July 11, 2025.

The first TV series in the new DCU will be the animated Creature Commandos, due for a Dec. 5 release.

As for how Peacemaker Season 2 will jibe with the new DCU that took shape since Season 1, “I have a way in,” Gunn has assured fans. “It wont be confusing.”

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